Cases

Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake

Court

Tx Sup

Publish Date

06/27/2025
In a case arising out auto accident where the truck in which plaintiffs were traveling during icy conditions hurtled across median and collided with defendant’s 18-wheeler, court used the substantial-factor test for proximate cause and held that liability falls only on a party whose substantial role in bringing about the injury is such that he is “actually responsible for the harm.”
proximate cause, substantial factor test, reversed and rendered